Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
Give Me Rack NV Husband.

Give Me Back NV Husband.
Not many years since, o young marTlea
couple. from the far, "~fast-anchored Isle,
sought our shores with the most san 5ulne
]anticlpat,ons of prosperity and happiness.
They had begun 10 realize more than they
had seen in t. e Wis ons OF hope Wien, IN
an evil hour, the husband was tempted 'to
look upon the wine when it is red." and to
taste Of it wien it gives its color IN the
cup" The charmer fastened round its
victim all the 8 -rpent spells of its soreery,
and he fell; and at every step OF his degra.
dation from tie man to the brute, and
downward, n heart string broke III the
bosom of his companion.
Finally, with the last spark of hope flick
erine on the altar Of hef heart, she threaded
her way into one of these SHAMELESS where
man is made such a thing as the beasts of
the field would below at. She pressed her
way through the bacchanalian crowd who
were reveling there in their " ruin. With
her bosom full of that perilous stuff that
preys upon the heart" sue stood before the
plunderer of her husbands destiny, and
exclaimed in tones of startling anguish,
"Give me back my husband"
There's your husband" said the man,
as he pointed toward the PROSTATE wretch.
"That my husband! What have you done
with him? That my husband! What have
You done with that noble form that once,
like the giant oak, held its protecting shade
over the fragile vine that clings to it for
With what torpedo chill have you touched
the sinews Of that manly arm? That my
husband! What have you done to that
once noble brow, which he wore high
among his fellows, as ii it bore the super
scription of the Godhead? That my nus
band! What have you done TO that eye,
with which he was wont to look erect on
heaven, and see in his mirror the image of
his God? What Egyptian drug have you
poured into his veins, and turned the
ambling fountains of the heart into black
and burning pitch? Give me back my hus-
band! Undo your basilisk spells, and give
me back the man that stood with me by the
atari"
The ears of the rumseller, ever since the
first demiiohn OF that burning liquid was
opened upon our shores. have been saluted.
at every stage of the Traffic, with Just such
appeals as this. Such W YES, such widows,
such mothers, such fatherless children as
never mourned in Israel AZ the massacre OF
Bethlehem, or at the burning Of the Tenn
p e, have cried in his ears, morning. night.
and evening, "Give me back INV husband!
give me back my boy! give me back my
brother"
But has the rumsnller been COMPOUNDED
or speeclless ut these appeals? No! not
he. He could show his credentials at q
moments notice, with proud defiance. He
always carried in his pocket a written alb
solution for all lie had done md could do
in his work OF destruction. He had bought
a letter Of inaul ence. l mean Il license!
a precious instrument, signed and sealed
hv nm authn,Jty CT rD,,r a1 o,,l - ,.oc,> M
able Than the Pope's. He c~onfounded!
why, the whole artillery Of civil power was
ready to open in his defense and support.
Thus shield d by tie tc. is OF the law, he
had nothing to fear from the enemies OF his
tlnltlc. lie had the IMAGE and superscrip-
ton OF Caesar on his credentials, ami INTO
Cas- I he appealed; and unto Caesar too,
his victims appealed and appealed in vain.
Strong Drink AMI Labor Problem.
The seventh annual report of the New
Jersey Bureau OF Statistics of Labor and
Industries has q chap er concerning the
condition of wage-earners, and how it can
be improved, from which the new York In
~depcntent has collected thu to'lowin. suo-
gestive sentences from letters OF individual
workmen and uthers:
Whisky and beer are the great obstacles
here.
"IntemEerance is the cnuse Of very much
Indebtedness i'll our families.
1.-The greatest evil is strong drink,
"Our morals here are low on account of
rum.
The liquor traffic has a bad effect on our
trade.
Strong drink Injuries a great many OF
us.
Morality would be good except for
drunkenness.
TOO large a portion of our wages 90 to
the sellers Of rum and beer.
drunkenness is the bane of the working
classes.
Many of our men love beer more than
they do their families.
Drink is the workingman's curse.
Tobacco and liquor are a great injury.
moral.
Rum does much to lower US.
"Workingmen drink too much for their
own good. N
Rum and beer are our great enemies.
Our condition is much lower thar II
should be. This results principally from
the use Of liquor and from Ignorance.
"Much immorality-whisky is at the
bottom. ~
Ignorance and intemperance nre the
chief causes which prevent us from i'm.
proving.
"'ntemperance is the great vice OF the
painters"
"Giye Us IL Call.o
Suggested by seeing these words in a saloon
advertisement. '''o'
Give us a c II! We keep good beer,
VINE, brandy, gin, and whisky here:
our doors are open to boys and men
ana even to women, now and then.
we lilghten their purses, and we faint their
breaths, s""1 'neif
We swell up the columns of nwful deaths
Al Kinds OF crimes we sell tor dimes.
"a our suEnred poisons. SO sweet to taste.
II you w money, position, or time to waste,